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Criterion
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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.When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen2-4 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-10 Kunden4-10Designers, developers as users, and facilitationNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
JourneyServiceService design
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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