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Selected:Solution InterviewSoftware Architecture Canvas5-Minuten VC-CheckARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-2 h | 5-15 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 5-10 Interviews | 3-10 | 1-5 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |