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| Criterion |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Delivery RAID Log |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |