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Selected:Competency QuestionsArchitecture Communication CanvasARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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