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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min60–90 min60-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-32-84-103-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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