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Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend15-30 min Planung, laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone11-3
Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
PlanningTime managementFocus
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method