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Selected:3-Circle Venn DiagramRisk StormingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Inception Canvas
| Criterion |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. | 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. | 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. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |