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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Time BlockingImpact MappingGetting Things Done
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Operations Time Blocking | ![]() Product Strategy Impact Mapping | ![]() Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 | 3-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | PlanningTime managementFocus | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |



