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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 GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalWochen bis Monate je Goal1-2 h Setup, laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-1011
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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