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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Innovation Rapid Ideation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 60-90 min | 5-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 4-12 | 1-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Ideenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed |