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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-84-121
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
StrategyMetricsExecution
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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