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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Concierge MVPConsensus Workshop3-Circle Venn Diagram
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Product Discovery Concierge MVP | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-10 Kunden | 5-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |



