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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 15-45 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-3 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |
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