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| Criterion |  Decision Making RAPID |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | 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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 15-200 | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernance | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |