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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Decision Making DACI |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |