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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Dot Voting | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 15-45 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 1-3 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |
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