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Selected:Standard Work Analysis ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Decision Record Gemba Walk

Criterion	Operations Standard Work Analysis	Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Operations Gemba Walk
Purposedifferent	When the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.	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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Low	Low
Timedifferent	1-3 h	2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional	15-45 min	30-120 min
Participantsdifferent	2-6	Designers, developers as users, and facilitation	1-3	2-6
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop
Outputdifferent	Standard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training Needs	Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas
Tagsno overlap	LeanProcessQuality	ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	LeanObservationProcessOperations

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