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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision JamSoftware Architecture Canvas3-Circle Venn Diagram
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | 1-2 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |