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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  UX Research Surveys |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  UX Research HEART Framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 3-14 Tage | 90-180 min | 120 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 50+ | 3-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | QuantitativeResearchValidation | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction |