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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design |  UX Research Contextual Inquiry |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When work processes are known only from accounts and the real context stays hidden, Contextual Inquiry makes behavior at the workplace visible. Observation and follow-up questions together show how people actually work, get interrupted, and improvise. | When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | 1-3 Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-6 | 4-12 Beobachtungen | 3-8 |
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 | Field Notes, Workflow Insights, Pain Points | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | UX researchObservationContext | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling |