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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 Tage45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-42-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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