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Criterion
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.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
HighLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min Setup, danach laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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ForecastingFlowDelivery
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Request for Comments