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| Criterion |  Operations ABC Analysis |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. | 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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DecisionTreeOptions | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |