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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Pareto Analysis ALPEN Method Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Decision Making Pareto Analysis	Operations ALPEN Method	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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.	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.	With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	High
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	30-60 min	10-20 min daily	2-6 h
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-6	1	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List	Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause	PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause

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