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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 for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
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.Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-5 Tage45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation4-123-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsLogic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation PlanForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesCausal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ChangeSystems thinkingCapability
ChangeDecisionStrategy
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
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