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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional25-40 min15-60 min je Zyklus45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-51-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsLearning Card with evidence and next actionSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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