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| Criterion |  UX Research Usability Testing |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  UX Research First-click Testing |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h je Session | 30-60 min | 1-2 Tage | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | Based on research question | 1-5 | 10-30 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tags1 shared | ValidationUXPrototype | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | UXNavigationFindabilityValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |