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Selected:Shape UpARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Decision RecordCommunication Plan
| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-3 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |