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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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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
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing