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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Hypothesis-Driven TroubleshootingCommunication Plan
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
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 systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-240 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |
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