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Criterion
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung10-20 min30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-20 Reviewer4-100+2-104-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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