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Selected:SurveysArchitecture Decision RecordLean StartupARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 15-45 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 1-3 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | LeanStartupValidationMVP | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |