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Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1-2 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews3-10Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
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DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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