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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
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-32-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasRAID Log, Status Report Source
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ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
LeanObservationProcessOperations
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving