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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 h1-3 Tage1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-81-43-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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