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Selected:Risk StormingAnsoff MatrixARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Business Model Stress Test
| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis |