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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-15 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | ROAM Board, Owner List | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |
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