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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Golden PathShape-First ModelingArchitecture Decision Record
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Engineering Golden Path |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |