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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 of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
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.When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-52-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test