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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
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress 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.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.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional90-180 min20-35 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-61-53-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsVRIO Table, Strategic ActionsTest Card with a pre-set thresholdStress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
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