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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Stakeholder MappingConsensus WorkshopRisk Storming
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60–90 min | 1-3 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |