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Criterion
Paper illustration for Landing Page Test.
Product Discovery
Landing Page Test
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a value proposition first needs to be checked for resonance, it condenses the idea onto a focused entry page. It shows whether language and offering carry interest.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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 Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-2 Tage2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic1-4Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Landing Page, Conversion Data, Learning SummaryArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
ValidationConversionMarketing
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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