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| Criterion |  UX Research Tree Testing |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Tage | 45-90 min | Mehrere Wochen | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Based on research question | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | Based on research question |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Findability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IA | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Content groups, Label set, IA hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | Information architectureNavigationFindability | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | Information architectureNavigationStructure |