The following is a list of the original 100 methods covered in Universal Methods of Design
01. A/B Testing. |
02. AEIOU |
03. Affinity Diagramming |
04. Artifact Analysis |
05. Automated Remote Research |
06. Behavioral Mapping |
07. Bodystorming |
08. Brainstorm Graphic Organizers |
09. Business Origami |
10. Card Sorting |
11. Case Studies |
12. Cognitive Mapping |
13. Cognitive Walkthrough |
14. Collage |
15. Competitive Testing |
16. Concept Mapping |
17. Content Analysis |
18. Content Inventory & Audit |
19. Contextual Design |
20. Contextual Inquiry |
21. Creative Toolkits |
22. Critical Incident Technique |
23. Crowdsourcing |
24. Cultural Probes |
25. Customer Experience Audit |
26. Design Charette |
27. Design Ethnography |
28. Design Workshops |
29. Desirability Testing |
30. Diary Studies |
31. Directed Storytelling |
32. Elito Method |
33. Ergonomic Analysis |
34. Evaluative Research |
35. Evidence-based Design |
36. Experience Prototyping |
37. Experience Sampling Method |
38. Experiments |
39. Exploratory Research |
40. Eyetracking |
41. Flexible Modeling |
42. Fly-on-the-Wall Observation |
43. Focus Groups |
44. Generative Research |
45. Graffiti Walls |
46. Heuristic Evaluation |
47. Image Boards |
48. Interviews |
49. KJ Technique |
50. Kano Analysis |
51. Key Performance Indicators |
52. Laddering |
53. Literature Reviews |
54. The Love Letter & the Breakup Letter |
55. Mental Model Diagrams |
56. Mind Mapping |
57. Observation |
58. Parallel Prototyping |
59. Participant Observation |
60. Participatory Action Research (PAR) |
61. Participatory Design |
62. Personal Inventories |
63. Personas |
64. Photo Studies |
65. Picture Cards |
66. Prototyping |
67. Questionnaires |
68. Rapid Iterative Testing & Evaluation (RITE) |
69. Remote Moderated Research |
70. Research Through Design |
71. Role-playing |
72. Scenario Description Swimlanes |
73. Scenarios |
74. Secondary Research |
75. Semantic Differential |
76. Shadowing |
77. Simulation Exercises |
78. Site Search Analytics |
79. Speed Dating |
80. Stakeholder Maps |
81. Stakeholder Walkthrough |
82. Storyboards |
83. Surveys |
84. Task Analysis |
85. Territory Maps |
86. Thematic Networks |
87. Think-aloud Protocol |
88. Time-aware Research |
89. Touchstone Tours |
90. Triading |
91. Triangulation |
92. Unobtrusive Measures |
93. Usability Report |
94. Usability Testing |
95. User Journey Maps |
96. Value Opportunity Analysis |
97. Web Analytics |
98. Weighted Matrix |
99. Wizard of Oz |
100. Word Clouds |