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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() Architecture Views and Beyond | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | 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 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 45-90 min | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |



