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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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.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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
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MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-82-8Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
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