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Selected:Tree Testing ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Assumption Mapping First-click Testing

Criterion	UX Research Tree Testing	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Product Discovery Assumption Mapping	UX Research First-click Testing
Purposedifferent	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.	ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.	When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.	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.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	1-2 Tage	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	45-60 min	1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent	Based on research question	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	10-30
Formatdifferent	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async
Outputdifferent	Findability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IA	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking	Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations
Tagsno overlap	Information architectureNavigationFindability	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation	UXNavigationFindabilityValidation

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