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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-153-63-7
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsROAM Board, Owner ListExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
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AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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