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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tags1 shared | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |
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