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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Operations Accountability Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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. | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 15-45 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam |