Tree Testing

TR E E TE S T I N G

- Users are given ‘find it’ tasks - Reverse card-sorting - To evaluate the effectiveness of a website structure in terms of o the findability of content o visual design - helps to determine how to organize the content of a website - A large website is typically organized into a hierarchy (a "tree") of topics and subtopics. Tree testing provides a way to measure how well users can find items in this hierarchy. - Unlike traditional usability testing, tree testing is not done on the website itself; instead, a simplified text version of the site structure is used. o ensures that the structure is evaluated in isolation, nullifying the effects of navigational aids, visual design, and other factors.