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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Value Chain AnalysisDesign SprintBlue Ocean Strategy Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | 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. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Half day | 4-5 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 | 5-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |