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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-4 h15-45 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanADR File, Decision Log, RationaleAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
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RiskDecisionSensemaking
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming