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Selected:Solution InterviewARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Stakeholder Salience ModelAlignment Mapping
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-10 Interviews | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |