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Criterion
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung30-60 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-20 Reviewer2-81-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsICE Table, Top Idea ListExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay