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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)C4 Model Architecture Decision Record Golden Path

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture C4 Model	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Engineering Golden Path
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.	The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.	When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-4 h	15-45 min	1-3 Tage Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-5	1-3	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	EngineeringProductivityGovernance

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