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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 15-45 min | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-3 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Team API Document | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |