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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 Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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.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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
120 min initial, dann laufend2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional90-180 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HEART-GSM Table, DashboardPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsGQM Table, Metric ProfilesInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
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MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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