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Selected:Design SprintDesign ThinkingRequest for CommentsDecision Rights Mapping
Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Purposedifferent
When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
4-5 Tage1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
5-84-103-20 Reviewer4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
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Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
InnovationPrototypeResearch
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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