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| Criterion |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture arc42 |  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. | 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. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min | 1-3 Tage | 1-2 Tage | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-100+ | 1-4 | 1-4 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |