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Selected:Design Thinking Solution Interview Eisenhower Matrix ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)

Criterion	Innovation Design Thinking	Product Discovery Solution Interview	Decision Making Eisenhower Matrix	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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.	When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation.	It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.	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.
Complexitydifferent	High	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen	30-60 min je Interview	15-30 min	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent	4-10	5-10 Interviews	1-6	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings	Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes	Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap	InnovationPrototypeResearch	ValidationInterviewsPrototype	PrioritizationFocusTasks	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks

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