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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Architecture arc42 |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | 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. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 1-2 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 1-4 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |
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