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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-43-20 Reviewer1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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