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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-20 Reviewer4-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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StrategyMetricsExecution
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics