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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 of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.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.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
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Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-20 Reviewer1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
ICE Table, Top Idea ListRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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