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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
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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.When a navigation exists but search paths still fail, tree testing checks findability without visual distraction. The method shows whether labels, levels, and paths really lead to the intended destination.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 Tage60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneBased on research question3-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Content groups, Label set, IA hypothesesRAID Log, Status Report SourceFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IASalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationStructure
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Information architectureNavigationFindability
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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