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Selected:Architecture Decision RecordTRIZDesign SprintARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Innovation TRIZ |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | 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 | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-4 h | 4-5 Tage | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 2-8 | 5-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |