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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Lean CanvasValue Chain Analysis5-Minuten VC-Check
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | 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 | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | Half day | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | 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 | Value Chain Map, Lever List | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StartupValidationCompetition |