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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture arc42 |  Team Design Team API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | 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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 15-45 min | 1-2 Tage | Half day initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-3 | 1-4 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Team API Document |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService |