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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Architecture C4 Model |  Growth Flywheel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-5 | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | GrowthRetentionConversion |