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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow 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.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.A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalMehrere Tage bis Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-61-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsStock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation