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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Inception Canvas Root Cause Tree Analysis Software Architecture Canvas

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas	Operations Root Cause Tree Analysis	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.	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.	For a problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie.	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	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-2 h	1-3 h	1-2 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	3-8	2-8	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions	Cause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures	Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas	Root causeTreeIncidentQuality	CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop

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