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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | 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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tags1 shared | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |