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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
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60-120 min1-3 Tage1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-81-44-10
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
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ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis