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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Operations Scatter Diagram |  Architecture C4 Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 | 1-4 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | Root causeQualityVisualization | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization |