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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-20 Reviewer3-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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