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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |
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