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| Criterion |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45–90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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