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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Decision Record Architecture Inception Canvas Software Architecture Canvas

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas	Architecture Software Architecture Canvas
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.	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.	The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.	The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	15-45 min	1-2 h	1-2 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-3	3-8	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions	Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
Tags1 shared	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas	CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop

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