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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Innovation Crazy 8s |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 10-20 min | 8-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-100+ | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint |
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