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Criterion
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent
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.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage5-15 min60-90 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
10-301-54-12Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
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UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
StartupValidationCompetition
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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