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Criterion
Paper illustration for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Purposedifferent
In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle.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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional15-30 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-63-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus ListPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
PrioritizationFocusTasks
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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