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Selected:Architecture Decision RecordStrategic, Tactical and Operational PlanningStart Stop ContinueStarfish Retrospective
| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Business Strategy Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Planning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact Inventory | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | CadenceGovernanceExecution | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |