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| Criterion |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |