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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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