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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Delphi Method | ![]() Facilitation Storytelling | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-120 min | 15-45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 1-6 | 1-3 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |



