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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
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 sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur EntscheidungUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
3-20 ReviewerScrum Team
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record