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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.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
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
2-83-83-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
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StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas