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Criterion	Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping	Engineering Golden Path	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent	Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.	When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.	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	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	1-2 h	1-3 Tage Setup, laufend	15-45 min	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent	1-8	2-8	1-3	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps	Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap	KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking	EngineeringProductivityGovernance	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks

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