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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent
With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.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
LowMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
1-8Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
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Architecture
Risk Storming
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
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Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check