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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 1-2 Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-5 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |