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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Agile ROAM Board |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-15 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | ROAM Board, Owner List | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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