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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  UX Research Usability Testing |  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 a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h je Session | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | Based on research question | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ValidationUXPrototype | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |
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