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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Innovation Starbursting |  UX Design Design Studio |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |