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| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Problem Framing Workshop |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-120 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Problem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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