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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
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1-33
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping