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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen | 20-35 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | 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 | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |