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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
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-90 min15-30 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-41-61-5
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, HypothesenlisteEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeQualityVisualization
PrioritizationFocusTasks
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
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