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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy RICE Scoring | ![]() Architecture arc42 | ![]() Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-2 Tage | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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