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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung15-45 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-20 Reviewer1-34-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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