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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Business Model CanvasA/B TestingBlue Ocean Strategy Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | 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. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |