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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making OODA Loop | ![]() Decision Making Force Field Analysis | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | 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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min je Zyklus | 45-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-12 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 6-30 Experten |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Situation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionChangeLearningStrategy | ChangeDecisionStrategy | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy |



