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Criterion
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-20 Reviewer1-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ICE Table, Top Idea ListRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tags1 shared
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop