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Criterion	UX Research First-click Testing	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture C4 Model	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent	When users immediately turn the wrong way on a screen or wireframe, first click testing checks initial orientation at high speed. The first click shows early whether expectation, labeling, and wayfinding fit together.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.	The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.	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	Low	Low	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	1-2 Tage	15-45 min	1-4 h	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent	10-30	1-3	1-5	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent	Async	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap	UXNavigationFindabilityValidation	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks

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