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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|
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 stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 15-200 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |
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