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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|
Purpose | 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. |
Complexity | Medium |
Time | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participants | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Format | Workshop + async |
Output | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tags | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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