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| Criterion |  Delivery RAID Log |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  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. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 30-60 min je Interview | 15-45 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 5-12 Interviews | 1-3 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |