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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture Views and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | 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. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 4-5 Tage | 15-45 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |