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Criterion
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage1-3 h1-2 Tage5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
10-302-8Based on research question1-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
Information architectureNavigationFindability
StartupValidationCompetition
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