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| Criterion |  Operations Time Blocking |  Decision Making Eisenhower Matrix |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 15-30 min | 45-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1-6 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementFocus | PrioritizationFocusTasks | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |