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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + 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 | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |
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