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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 for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h60-180 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
2-104-203-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
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Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping