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| Criterion |  Delivery RAID Log |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture Views and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 Tage | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 4-10 | 1-4 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |