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Selected:Goal Question Metric arc42 Architecture Decision Record ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)

Criterion	Engineering Goal Question Metric	Architecture arc42	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent	Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.	arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.	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	Low	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	90-180 min	1-2 Tage	15-45 min	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent	3-6	1-4	1-3	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	GQM Table, Metric Profiles	Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap	MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment	ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks

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