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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-60 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional15-45 min1-3 Tage Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-32-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
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