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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 a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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