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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Purposedifferent
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 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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-2 Tage8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
1-1010-301-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsClick Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting