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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Decision TreeSix Thinking HatsConstraint Analysis
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | 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 | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DecisionTreeOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |