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Selected:5-Minuten VC-CheckHypothesis-Driven TroubleshootingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Risk Storming
| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. | 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 | 5-15 min | 30-240 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |