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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture C4 Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-120 min | 1-2 Tage | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 1-4 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization |