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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Context Map Architecture Decision Record Domain Context Map

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Domain Modeling Context Map	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Domain Modeling Domain Context Map
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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.	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 a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-3 h	15-45 min	1-3 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	1-3	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership Map
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries

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