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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
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.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.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 h2-4 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-55-151-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
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Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas