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| Criterion |  Growth A/B Testing |  Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |