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Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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Decision Making
RAPID
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-203-121-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
DecisionRolesGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Request for Comments
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Decision Making
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