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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Jobs to Be DoneAssumption SurfacingOpportunity Scoring
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 Wochen | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 | 3-6 |
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 | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |