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Criterion
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Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Purposedifferent
When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-10 KundenDesigners, developers as users, and facilitation5-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
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Architecture
Risk Storming
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Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram