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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 1-3 h | 15-45 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 2-8 | 1-3 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |