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A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 Tage60–90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-42-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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