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Selected:arc42ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision Rights MappingRequest for Comments
| Criterion |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Tage | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 90-180 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |