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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.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
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h90-180 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis