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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
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation11-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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Operations
ALPEN Method
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Operations
Eat the Frog