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| Criterion |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. | 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-10 | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | SensemakingDecisionRationale | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |