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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-6 Wochen15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation4-101-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
PrioritizationFocusTasks
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Paper illustration for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)