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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile WSJF |
|---|---|---|---|
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization |
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