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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture arc42 |  UX Research Surveys |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | 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. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-2 Tage | 3-14 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-4 | 50+ | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | QuantitativeResearchValidation | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |