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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Lean CanvasA3 Problem Solving5-Minuten VC-Check
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 2-5 | 1-5 |
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 | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations | StartupValidationCompetition |