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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Mind MappingAlignment Mapping3-Circle Venn Diagram
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn 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. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-45 min | 1-2 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |