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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Agile ROAM Board |  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. | 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. | 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 | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | Small cross-functional group | 3-15 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | ROAM Board, Owner List | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |