View methods side by side.
Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.
Selected:Affinity DiagrammingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Quality Attribute Workshop5 Whys
| Criterion |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. | 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. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45–90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 2-4 h | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-15 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |