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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 1-6 Wochen | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
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 | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause | LeanStartupValidationMVP |