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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Knowledge Modeling Feynman Technique |  Knowledge Modeling Concept 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. | The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 20-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking |
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