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Selected:Request for CommentsDecision Framing WorkshopTrade-off AnalysisArchitecture Decision Record
| Criterion |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-120 min | 45-120 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 Reviewer | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |