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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | 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. | When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min je Interview | 30-60 min je Interview | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 5-12 Interviews | 5-10 Interviews | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |