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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)WSJFRiskiest Assumption TestHypothesis Prioritization Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Agile WSJF |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Hypothesis Prioritization 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. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Prioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis |