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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Concept Mapping Knowledge Mapping Risk Storming

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping	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.	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.	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	1-2 h	1-3 h	60-90 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-8	3-12	4-12
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	Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps	Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan	Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking	KnowledgeMappingRisk	RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation

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