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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |