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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Purposedifferent
When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.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 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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview1-2 Tage2-8 h1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interviewBased on research question5-1210-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryFindability Metrics, Path Analysis, Revised IAEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsClick Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
Information architectureNavigationFindability
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
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