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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations MORT Analysis |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 30-90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-6 | 3-12 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Root causeSafetySystemicIncident | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |