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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Systems Thinking VUCA Scan | ![]() Business Strategy Scenario Planning |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation. | Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | VUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan | Scenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust Options |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight | StrategyUncertaintyPlanning |
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