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Criterion
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Purposedifferent
When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question2-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Content groups, Label set, IA hypothesesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationStructure
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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