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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Causal Loop Diagram Knowledge Mapping Risk Storming

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram	Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping	Architecture Risk Storming
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.	A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.	Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.	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.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-3 h	1-3 h	60-90 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	3-12	4-12
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points	Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan	Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics	KnowledgeMappingRisk	RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation

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