Use when
- You have a proposed structure and need to test findability.
- You want evidence before shipping a navigation or content IA change.
Best for
- Navigation validation
- Testing taxonomy choices
- Comparing IA options
How to design it
- Write realistic findability tasks.
- Test the structure without visual design distractions when possible.
- Review both success rate and path choices.
Tree Testing Task TemplateUse this when you need a practical starting template.
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- What item or destination must users find?
- What would count as the correct path?
- How will ambiguity be handled in analysis?
Output
- Findability results
- Navigation problem areas
- IA recommendations