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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Porter Five ForcesSWOT AnalysisBlue Ocean Strategy Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
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 | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |