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Selected:Causal Loop Diagram Architecture Inception Canvas ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Behavior Over Time Graph

Criterion	Systems Thinking Causal Loop Diagram	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph
Purposedifferent	A Causal Loop Diagram makes feedback, reinforcement, and balance in a system legible. It uncovers side effects and self-reinforcement that stay hidden in linear explanations.	The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.	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.	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.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	1-3 h	1-2 h	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	20-45 min
Participantsdifferent	2-8	3-8	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Causal Loop Diagram, Feedback Notes, Leverage Points	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events
Tagsno overlap	FeedbackSystems thinkingCausalityDynamics	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics

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