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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |