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| Criterion |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Team Design Team API |
|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | Half day initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 Reviewer | Ein Team plus Stakeholder |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Team API Document |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService |
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