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Criterion
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-81-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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AutonomyRolesTeam
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Communication Canvas
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