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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization 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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional15-30 min1-2 Wochen pro Iteration60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-62-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesPrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results ReportPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
PrioritizationFocusTasks
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
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