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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend1-3 h1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
11-83-20 Reviewer4-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
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