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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Balanced ScorecardGetting Things DoneWeekly Review
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard | ![]() Operations Getting Things Done | ![]() Operations Weekly Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyMetricsExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ProductivityExecutionPlanning |



