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Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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StrategyMetricsExecution
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas