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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Spotify Model MappingTeam CharterExpectation Mapping
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() 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. | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 90-180 min | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 5-15 | 3-12 | 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 | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |



