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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
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.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 minAs needed30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-34-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
IncidentOperationsReliability
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond