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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)GAP Analysis Causal Loop Diagram Behavior Over Time Graph

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Business Strategy GAP Analysis	Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram	Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph
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.	A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.	A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-3 h	1-3 h	20-45 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	2-8	1-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes	Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points	Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	StrategyAnalysisPlanning	FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics	Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics

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