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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Business Model Stress TestValue Chain AnalysisAssumption Mapping
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Half day | Half day | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |