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| Criterion |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Agile WSJF |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 Reviewer | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |