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Selected:Fault IsolationConcept MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting
| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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 systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-2 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-240 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis |