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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Innovation Design Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min je Interview | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 4-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 5-10 Interviews | 3-10 | 5-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation |