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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Agile Three Amigos |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 15-30 min | 1-6 Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3 | 4-10 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |