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Selected:arc42User InterviewsARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Concierge MVP
Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Purposedifferent
arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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.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.When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 Tage30–60 min per interview2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-41 participant per interviewDesigners, developers as users, and facilitation3-10 Kunden
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
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