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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
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
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.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
15-45 min1-4 h1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-33-81-4
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
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ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskDecisionSensemaking
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments