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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Root Cause Tree Analysis
Operations
Root Cause Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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.For a problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-2 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 h1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-10Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsCause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
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AssessmentPortfolioCapability
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Root causeTreeIncidentQuality
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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