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Selected:Risk StormingValue Chain AnalysisGAP AnalysisARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |  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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Half day | 1-3 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisPlanning | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |