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Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
2-93-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
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EstimationEffortAgile
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation