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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min10-20 min60-120 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-34-100+2-84-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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