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Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min je Interview1-3 Tage2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
5-10 Interviews1-4Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation NotesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationalePrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
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ValidationInterviewsPrototype
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)