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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Growth ExperimentAssumption MappingLearning Card
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen | 45-60 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
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 | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |