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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-4 h1-3 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-53-121-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
KnowledgeMappingRisk
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test