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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Team Topologies Interaction ModesSoftware Architecture CanvasArchitecture Inception Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Half day | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |