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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 of System Dynamics Simulation with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics Simulation
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
15-45 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-31-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleSimulation Model, Scenario ReportsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Stock and Flow Diagram method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Stock and Flow Diagram
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond