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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision Tree Decision Rights Mapping Architecture Decision Record

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Decision Tree	Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping	Architecture Architecture Decision Record
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.	For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.	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.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	30-90 min	90-180 min	15-45 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-6	4-12	1-3
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop	Async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List	Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	DecisionTreeOptions	DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance

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