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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
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 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 two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.When content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage1-4 Wochen20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-15Based on research question1-6Based on research question
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryContent groups, Label set, IA hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
Information architectureNavigationFindability
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
Information architectureNavigationStructure
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