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Criterion
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
Paper illustration of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop 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.System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalMehrere Tage bis WochenMehrere Tage bis Wochen1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-61-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
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 RecommendationsSimulation Model, Scenario ReportsCausal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis
FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics
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