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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Crazy 8s |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 8-15 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 1-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Sketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |