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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
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.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder1-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogTeam API DocumentADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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