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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-4 Wochen15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-61-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
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Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test