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A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-20 Reviewer3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas