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Criterion
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-90 min Setup, danach laufend1-4 Wochen1-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-86-30 Experten1-42-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
ForecastingFlowDelivery
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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