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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |
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