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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Change AnalysisFishbone DiagramFailure Mode and Effects Analysis
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Operations Change Analysis | ![]() Operations Fishbone Diagram | ![]() Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-120 min | 30-60 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-6 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | Root causeQualityOperations | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |



