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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 for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
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 solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min je InterviewWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation5-10 Interviews2-81 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
LeanStartupValidationMVP
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
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