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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 for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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 architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min60-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-34-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogRAID Log, Status Report SourceAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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