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Criterion
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
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-20 Reviewer4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentRAID Log, Status Report SourceRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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