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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Agile ROAM Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 20–45 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 3-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | ROAM Board, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment |