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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 1-3 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 1-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RationaleKnowledgeDecision |