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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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Content groups, Label set, IA hypothesesRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationStructure
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing