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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
2-203-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record