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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Blameless PostmortemStock and Flow DiagramCausal Loop Diagram
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram |  Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics. | A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-90 min | 2-6 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-12 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses | Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking | FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics |