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Selected:Views and BeyondARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Risk StormingArchitecture Decision Record
| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tags1 shared | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |