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Criterion
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-51-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-41-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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