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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |
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