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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 of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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.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 a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend5-20 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-31-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-204-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report SourceIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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