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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Purposedifferent
The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design.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.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.When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional15-45 min1-3 Tage Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-8Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-32-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks
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GrowthBehaviorRetention
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
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