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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Eisenhower MatrixCost of DelayPareto Analysis
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Eisenhower Matrix |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Pareto 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. | It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-30 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 3-8 | 1-6 |
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 | Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PrioritizationFocusTasks | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause |