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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 board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When users immediately turn the wrong way on a screen or wireframe, first click testing checks initial orientation at high speed. The first click shows early whether expectation, labeling, and wayfinding fit together.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
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question3-1510-301-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Content groups, Label set, IA hypothesesROAM Board, Owner ListClick Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationStructure
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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