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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 4-5 Tage | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |