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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)GAP AnalysisDecision Framing WorkshopAlignment Mapping
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |