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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |