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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 an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming