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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage30-60 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-42-101-3
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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