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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-10 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |
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