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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Architecture Request for Comments | ![]() Innovation Brainstorming | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |



