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| Criterion |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Innovation 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. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 Reviewer | 2-8 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | IdeationInnovationCreativity | SensemakingDecisionRationale | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence |