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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Growth A/B Testing |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | 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 | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 1-4 Wochen | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-4 | 1-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tags1 shared | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |