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Criterion
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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