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Criterion
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage1-2 TageHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
10-30Based on research question10-503-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IASketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
Information architectureNavigationFindability
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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