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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  UX Research First-click Testing |  UX Research Card Sorting |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Tage | 20-45 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 10-30 | Based on research question | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations | Content groups, Label set, IA hypotheses | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | UXNavigationFindabilityValidation | Information architectureNavigationStructure | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |