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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)
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Decision Making
RAPID
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.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-12 InterviewsDesigners, developers as users, and facilitation3-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Architecture
Request for Comments
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing