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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  UX Research Surveys |  UX Research First-click Testing |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | 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 unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 3-14 Tage | 1-2 Tage | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 50+ | 10-30 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | QuantitativeResearchValidation | UXNavigationFindabilityValidation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |