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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision Jam5-Minuten VC-CheckConsensus Workshop
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | 5-15 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 1-5 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | StartupValidationCompetition | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |