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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Spotify Model Mapping Architecture Inception Canvas Expectation Mapping

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Team Design Spotify Model Mapping	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas	Facilitation Expectation Mapping
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 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.	The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.	When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	90-180 min	1-2 h	45-90 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	5-15	3-8	3-12
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Spotify Model Map, Action List	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions	Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas	AlignmentStakeholdersTeam

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