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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching category tree with a highlighted search path and possible dead ends.
UX Research
Tree Testing
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage1-2 h1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question2-84-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Findability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IABusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesProblem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationFindability
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
InnovationPrototypeResearch
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint