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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Hypothesis-Driven TroubleshootingBlue Ocean Strategy CanvasFault Isolation
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas | ![]() Engineering Fault Isolation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-240 min | 2-4 h | 30-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 3-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering |



