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Selected:Fault IsolationAlignment MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)3-Circle Venn Diagram
| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-2 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 4-12 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |