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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 of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
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.The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional90-180 min4-5 TageHalf day
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-65-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsVRIO Table, Strategic ActionsPrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleValue Chain Map, Lever List
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
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