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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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 a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage1-2 Tage45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1510-30Based on research question2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListClick Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
Information architectureNavigationFindability
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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