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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Six Thinking HatsSoftware Architecture CanvasConsensus Workshop
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 3-10 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | FacilitationOptionsDecision | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |