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Criterion
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Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
4-123-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam