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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h Setup | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-20 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |