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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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
LowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-3 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-122-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)