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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)System Dynamics SimulationBarrier AnalysisStock and Flow Diagram
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation |  Operations Barrier Analysis |  Systems Thinking Stock and Flow Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports. | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Mehrere Tage bis Wochen | 2-4 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron | 2-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Simulation Model, Scenario Reports | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog | Stock and Flow Model, Dynamics Notes, Simulation Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis | Root causeSafetyIncident | DynamicsSimulationFeedbackSystems thinking |