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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Jobs to Be Done5-Minuten VC-CheckOpportunity Scoring
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  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. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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 | 5-15 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-12 Interviews | 1-5 | 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 | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | StartupValidationCompetition | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |