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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Agile WSJF |  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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 3-10 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |
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