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Agile
NoEstimates
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Architecture
Request for Comments
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Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.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.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-20 Reviewer4-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping