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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail. | 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 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 4-12 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Lean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |