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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  UX Research Diary Study |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | 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 a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 1-4 Wochen | 1-4 h | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 5-20 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |