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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Teach-back Architecture Decision Record Feynman Technique

Criterion	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Knowledge Modeling Teach-back	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Knowledge Modeling Feynman Technique
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.	Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.	The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Low	Low
Timedifferent	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	5-20 min	15-45 min	20-60 min
Participantsdifferent	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8	1-3	1
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async	Async
Outputdifferent	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Understanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning Gaps	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	LearningUnderstandingCommunication	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding

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