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First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage0.5-2 Tage1-2 Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
10-304-12Based on research question2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Information architectureNavigationFindability
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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