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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
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.When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional10-20 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation4-100+3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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Round Robin Brainstorming
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
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