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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 20-40 min pro Story | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 3-6 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |