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Selected:Feynman TechniqueARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Assumption MappingRisk Storming
| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Feynman Technique | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |



