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Selected:Quality Attribute WorkshopARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Weekly ReviewEat the Frog
| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations Weekly Review |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | 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. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ProductivityExecutionPlanning | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |