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| Criterion |  Agile Specification by Example |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Engineering Golden Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests. | 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. | 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. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min pro Feature | 15-45 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 1-3 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | EngineeringProductivityGovernance |