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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Delivery RAID Log |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20–45 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | Small cross-functional group | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | RAID Log, Status Report Source | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |