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Selected:Wardley MappingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Leverage PointsBehavior Over Time Graph
| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Wardley Mapping |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Wardley Mapping makes visible where an offering stands today and where it can evolve. The method connects user need, value chain, and evolution stages into a strategic basis for platform, build, or buy decisions. | 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Half day | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-12 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Wardley Map, Strategic Options, Evolution Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events |
Tagsno overlap | StrategySystems thinkingDynamics | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics |