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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + 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 | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |
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