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Selected:Usability TestingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Problem InterviewExperiment Canvas
| Criterion |  UX Research Usability Testing |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down. | 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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h je Session | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min je Interview | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Based on research question | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-12 Interviews | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Usability Issues, Severity List, Recommendations | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tags1 shared | ValidationUXPrototype | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |