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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization 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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis |