Compare

View methods side by side.

Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.

Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Root Cause Analysis Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 5 Whys

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Operations Root Cause Analysis	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis	Operations 5 Whys
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.	For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	High	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-4 h	2-6 h	15-30 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	3-8	3-10	2-6
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	Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions	Root cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause	Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving

Add more methods