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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture arc42 |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 Tage | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-4 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |
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