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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Purposedifferent
The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.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.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional25 min Zyklen1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-5Designers, developers as users, and facilitation11
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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