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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Agile Working Agreements |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Agile ROAM Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | ROAM Board, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | TeamCollaborationAgile | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment |