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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)
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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.Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional90-180 min60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-64-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsGQM Table, Metric ProfilesAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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