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Agile
WSJF
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Decision Making
RAPID
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Architecture
arc42
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-103-121-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
DecisionRolesGovernance
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
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Architecture
Request for Comments