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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-123-20 Reviewer3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
Tagsno overlap
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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