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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-153-20 Reviewer3-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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