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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-3 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-5 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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