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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 for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
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.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min je Interview15-45 min4-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation5-10 Interviews2-85-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsSolution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ValidationInterviewsPrototype
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
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