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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Agile ROAM Board |  Delivery RAID Log |  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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 3-15 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | ROAM Board, Owner List | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |