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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)First-click Testing arc42 Architecture Decision Record

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	UX Research First-click Testing	Architecture arc42	Architecture Architecture Decision Record
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 users immediately turn the wrong way on a screen or wireframe, first click testing checks initial orientation at high speed. The first click shows early whether expectation, labeling, and wayfinding fit together.	arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.	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.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-2 Tage	1-2 Tage	15-45 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	10-30	1-4	1-3
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async	Async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Click Heatmap, Success Rate, Design Recommendations	Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	UXNavigationFindabilityValidation	ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance

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