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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Evaporating Cloud Risk Storming Causal Loop Diagram

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud	Architecture Risk Storming	Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram
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.	The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.	Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.	A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	60-120 min	60-90 min	1-3 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	4-12	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments	Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog	Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking	RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation	FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics

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