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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-12 | 1-6 | 3-8 |
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 | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PrioritizationScopeDecision | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |