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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Delivery RAID Log |  Operations Family Tree Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic |
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