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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.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.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 Wochen1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-203-20 Reviewer1-3
Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
UX researchTrackingBehavior
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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