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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |