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| Criterion |  UX Design Storyboarding |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable Assumptions | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |
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