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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture arc42 |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-2 Tage | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |