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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Ivy Lee MethodNominal Group TechniqueEat the Frog
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 5-10 min daily | 60-120 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 | 5-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |