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Selected:Causal Factor AnalysisRisk StormingBarrier AnalysisARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Operations Barrier Analysis |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | 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. | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 60-90 min | 2-4 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 2-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | Root causeSafetyIncident | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |