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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.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.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.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-41-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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