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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Expectation Mapping Architecture Decision Record Alignment Mapping

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Facilitation Expectation Mapping	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Facilitation Alignment Mapping
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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.	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.	When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	45-90 min	15-45 min	1-2 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	3-12	1-3	4-12
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	AlignmentStakeholdersTeam	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation

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