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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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