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| Criterion |  Decision Making Wideband Delphi |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes. | 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. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h or multiple rounds | 1-3 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 Experten | 1-4 | 6-30 Experten | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationExpertsForecasting | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |