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Criterion
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Purposedifferent
When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-45 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-81-31
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesADR File, Decision Log, RationaleAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)