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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Incident CommandStock and Flow DiagramSystem Dynamics Simulation
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  DevOps Incident Command |  Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram |  Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once. | A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics. | System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | As needed | 2-6 h | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-15 | 1-6 | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron |
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 | Incident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder Updates | Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | IncidentOperationsReliability | DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis |