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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 for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.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
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min15-30 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-61-63-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsPareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus ListEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause
PrioritizationFocusTasks
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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