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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Software Architecture CanvasSpotify Model MappingTeam Topologies Interaction Modes
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-10 | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |