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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Strategy Execution Loop with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Execution Loop
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Purposedifferent
Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning.The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere WochenInitial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-125-121-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapExecution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning LogContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
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StrategyMetricsExecution
ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
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Paper illustration of Strategic-Tactical-Operational Planning with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record