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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsRAID Log, Status Report SourceIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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