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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-120 min | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | ICE Table, Top Idea List | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs |