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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
4-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentRAID Log, Status Report SourceRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping