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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Innovation Design Thinking |  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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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 | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 15-45 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |