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Criterion
Paper illustration of HEART Framework with its method-specific working model.
UX Research
HEART Framework
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard.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.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.Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
120 min initial, dann laufend2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional5-15 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-53-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HEART-GSM Table, DashboardPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepGQM Table, Metric Profiles
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MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
StartupValidationCompetition
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
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