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Selected:Process MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Fishbone DiagramAfter-Action Review
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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Purposedifferent
With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.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 a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation BacklogLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
ProcessOperationsImprovement
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeQualityOperations
LearningOperationsImprovement
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