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Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
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 topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend3-14 Tage15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone50+1-3
Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceSurvey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
QuantitativeResearchValidation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond