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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 for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
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 Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional20-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
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Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Teach-back.
Knowledge Modeling
Teach-back
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective