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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Half day initial, dann laufend | 15-45 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 1-3 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Team API Document | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |