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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Purposedifferent
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.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 Tage2-4 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-45-152-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models
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ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
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EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model