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| Criterion |  Innovation Starbursting |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Innovation Brainwriting |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | 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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 15-30 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |