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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
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration showing three sorted card stacks and an open question about a possible group.
UX Research
Card Sorting
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.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage2-8 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question5-12Based on research question
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Findability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsContent groups, Label set, IA hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
Information architectureNavigationFindability
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Information architectureNavigationStructure
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A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing