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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-52-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record