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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Riskiest Assumption TestDesign SprintFake Door Test
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Innovation Design Sprint |  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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 4-5 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-6 | 5-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |