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

Criterion	Engineering Goal Question Metric	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Product Strategy KPI Tree
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.	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 metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	90-180 min	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	15-45 min	90-180 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent	3-6	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-3	3-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	GQM Table, Metric Profiles	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	KPI Tree, Owner List
Tagsno overlap	MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement

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