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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Views and BeyondSoftware Architecture CanvasArchitecture Inception Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  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. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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 | 1-3 Tage | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-4 | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |