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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Constraint Analysis Architecture Decision Record DACI

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Constraint Analysis	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Decision Making DACI
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.	When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.	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.	In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	30-90 min	15-45 min	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	1-3	2-10
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	Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment

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