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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Pretotyping | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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