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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Argument MappingMVP Test MatrixFake Door Test
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Decision Making Argument Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 45-75 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-8 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |



