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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Customer Journey MappingRisk StormingCustomer Journey Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Architecture Risk Storming |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 2-4 h | 60-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | JourneyServiceService design | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |