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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Empathy MappingPersonasQuality Attribute Workshop
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  UX Research Personas |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30–60 min | 1-3 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-8 | Internes Team | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |