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Criterion
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Purposedifferent
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
15-45 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-34-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StrategyMetricsExecution
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping