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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)MVP Test MatrixProblem InterviewFake Door Test
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix | ![]() Product Discovery Problem Interview | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-75 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 5-12 Interviews | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |



