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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Teach-back.
Knowledge Modeling
Teach-back
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
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.Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
20-60 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional5-20 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
1Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-81-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsUnderstanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning GapsLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
LearningUnderstandingCommunication
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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