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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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
20-60 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
12-4 pro Pitch3-20 Reviewer1-3
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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