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| Criterion |  Agile Specification by Example |  Engineering Golden Path |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min pro Feature | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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