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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 Tage1-5 Tage1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-101-4Nutzertraffic1-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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AssessmentPortfolioCapability
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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