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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Competency QuestionsExample MappingSpecification by Example
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Agile Example Mapping |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 3-7 | 3-6 |
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 | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |