Turns architecture context, options, and consequences into a tangible result by collecting stakeholder goals, eliciting quality scenarios, and documenting architecture implications.
Core question: Which Quality Attributes with which concrete scenarios are architecture-critical for the system, and in which order must they be addressed?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
5-15
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "briefly present the story or feature", "collect examples rule by rule", and "hand over the examples as acceptance tests".
Core question: Which concrete examples describe the business logic unambiguously enough to serve as executable tests?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
60-90 min pro Feature
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves backlog, sprint work, and team flow toward a concrete result through "pin the story summary to the whiteboard", "write the happy path as Given-When-Then", and "copy the criteria into the story tool".
Core question: Which concrete, testable criteria describe the happy path, edge cases, and negative paths of this story so clearly that all three roles share the same Definition of Done?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
20-40 min pro Story
3-6
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Knowledge ModelingCategory: Knowledge Modeling. Describes the method's domain of use.
Concrete domain questions define what an ontology or knowledge model must be able to answer and test.
Core question: Which concrete domain questions must the planned model be able to answer so that it is sufficient for the planned use cases and not oversized?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-4 h
2-8
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Product DiscoveryCategory: Product Discovery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence into a tangible result through setting the focus question, gathering stakeholders and context, and deriving open questions and next steps.
Core question: Which context, environment, stakeholders, trends, constraints, and assumptions shapes our initiative, and where do the most important open questions arise?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
3-10
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns backlog work, sprint work, and team flow into a tangible result by noting the story, collecting rules, and checking scope.
Core question: Which concrete examples show this story is complete, and what rule connects them?
Workshop methodMethod form: Workshop method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.