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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Concept Mapping Architecture Decision Record Argument Mapping

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Decision Making Argument Mapping
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.	Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.	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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-2 h	15-45 min	1-3 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-8	1-3	1-8
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	Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	SensemakingDecisionRationale

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