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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Discovery Landing Page Test |  Growth Growth Experiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | When a value proposition first needs to be checked for resonance, it condenses the idea onto a focused entry page. It shows whether language and offering carry interest. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 | Nutzertraffic | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning Summary | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | GrowthRetentionConversion | ValidationConversionMarketing | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning |