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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Scatter Diagram with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Scatter Diagram
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
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 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 Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-90 min60-120 min1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-42-84-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsScatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, HypothesenlisteCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeQualityVisualization
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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