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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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.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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung45-90 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-20 Reviewer2-6Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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