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Criterion
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-4 Wochen15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-206-30 Experten1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)