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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Force Field Analysis Wardley Mapping Leverage Points

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Force Field Analysis	Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping	Systems Thinking Leverage Points
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.	In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.	Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions.	Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Medium	High
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	45-90 min	1-3 h	Half day
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	3-12	2-10	3-12
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	Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes	Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes	Leverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ChangeDecisionStrategy	StrategySystems thinkingDynamics	Systems thinkingChangeStrategy

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