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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  UX Research Diary Study |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 60-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-20 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | UX researchTrackingBehavior | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |