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Criterion
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.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
1-3 Tage1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team3-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID