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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  UX Research HEART Framework |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 120 min initial, dann laufend | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |