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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture arc42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. | 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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 1-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 1-3 | 1-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication |