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Selected:Behavior Over Time GraphRisk StormingAssumption MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 60-90 min | 45-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |



