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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
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-33-103-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments