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Criterion
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Purposedifferent
For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.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.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1 h bis mehrere Wochen2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional60-90 min25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
1-8Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-81-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangePrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis BacklogLearning Card with evidence and next action
Tagsno overlap
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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