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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Quality Attribute WorkshopC4 ModelSoftware Architecture Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Architecture C4 Model |  Architecture Software Architecture 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. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | 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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 2-4 h | 1-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-15 | 1-5 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |