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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Architecture arc42 |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Tage | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | Nutzertraffic | 1-4 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |