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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation12-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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