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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 90-180 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 3-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |