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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |