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Selected:Assumption Mapping5-Minuten VC-CheckARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Riskiest Assumption Test
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 5-15 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tags1 shared | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |