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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Nominal Group TechniqueRisk StormingDot Voting
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-120 min | 60-90 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-12 | 4-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |