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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 3-20 Reviewer | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |
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