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Selected:Impact Mapping Architecture Decision Record ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)GAP Analysis

Criterion	Product Strategy Impact Mapping	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Business Strategy GAP Analysis
Purposedifferent	When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.	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.	GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Medium	Medium
Timedifferent	45-90 min	15-45 min	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	1-3 h
Participantsdifferent	3-8	1-3	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap	OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	StrategyAnalysisPlanning

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