View methods side by side.
Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.
Selected:Argument Mapping5-Minuten VC-CheckArchitecture Decision RecordARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 15-45 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 1-5 | 1-3 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |