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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
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 a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming