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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)GAP Analysis5-Minuten VC-CheckPESTLE Analysis
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | StartupValidationCompetition | StrategyMarketAnalysis |