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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision Rights Mapping Architecture Inception Canvas DACI

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas	Decision Making DACI
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.	In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.	The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.	In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	90-180 min	1-2 h	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	4-12	3-8	2-10
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	Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions	DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas	DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment

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