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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-4 h45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-52-61
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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