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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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