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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-20 Reviewer2-83-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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