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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Delphi Method Architecture Decision Record DACI

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Delphi Method	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	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.	When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.	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.	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	High	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-4 Wochen	15-45 min	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	6-30 Experten	1-3	2-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment

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