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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Architecture arc42 |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | 3-20 Reviewer | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication |
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