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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 illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-60 min30 min Setup, dann laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-32-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-15
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAID Log, Status Report SourceROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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