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Selected:HEART Framework ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Software Architecture Canvas Architecture Inception Canvas

Criterion	UX Research HEART Framework	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Software Architecture Canvas	Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas
Purposedifferent	Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard.	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.	The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.	The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Low
Timedifferent	120 min initial, dann laufend	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-2 h	1-2 h
Participantsdifferent	3-6	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	3-10	3-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop
Outputdifferent	HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes	Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap	MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop	AlignmentArchitectureCanvas

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