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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent
With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend60-90 min45-60 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
14-122-8Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
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ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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