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Criterion
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
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 Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Purposedifferent
When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional15-45 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-12 InterviewsDesigners, developers as users, and facilitation1-3Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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