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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Agile ROAM Board |  Knowledge Modeling NeOn Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | Mehrere Wochen bis Monate |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-6 | 3-15 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | ROAM Board, Owner List | Ontology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering |