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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Getting Things DoneConsensus WorkshopPower Interest Grid
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 | 5-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |