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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h15-45 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-101-33-15
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesADR File, Decision Log, RationaleROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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