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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Property Graph Schema Design turns business and technical requirements into a robust graph schema. It fits when query patterns, constraints, and migrations need to be thought about together. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | 2-4 h | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample Queries | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic |