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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Engineering Golden Path |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 15-45 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |