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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Usability TestingSmoke TestAssumption Mapping
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  UX Research Usability Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h je Session | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | Based on research question | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ValidationUXPrototype | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |