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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Business Strategy Scenario Planning |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning | StrategyMarketAnalysis | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |