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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Decision Record Argument Mapping arc42

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Decision Making Argument Mapping	Architecture arc42
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.	When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.	arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	15-45 min	1-3 h	1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-3	1-8	1-4
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale	Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	SensemakingDecisionRationale	ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication

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