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| Criterion |  Delivery RAID Log |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  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 a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 30-60 min | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | Root causeQualityOperations | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |