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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Stock and Flow Diagram Behavior Over Time Graph Iceberg Model

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram	Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph	Systems Thinking Iceberg Model
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.	A Stock and Flow Diagram shows how stocks, inflows, and outflows shape a system over time. It is especially suited when growth, delays, or capacity limits determine the dynamics.	A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.	The Iceberg Model separates visible events from patterns, structures, and mental models. This turns a single observation into a deeper understanding of why a problem keeps recurring.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	High	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	2-6 h	20-45 min	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-6	1-10	2-10
Formatsame	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses	Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events	Iceberg Worksheet, Pattern Notes, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking	Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics	Systems thinkingRoot causePatterns

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