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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Bounded Context Canvas5-Minuten VC-CheckDomain Context Map
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Domain Modeling Domain Context Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 | 1-5 | 3-10 |
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 | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership Map |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | StartupValidationCompetition | Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries |