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Criterion
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage15-45 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
10-301-104-100+
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting