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Selected:Process MappingRisk StormingAssumption SurfacingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Operations Process Mapping |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ProcessOperationsImprovement | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |