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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 Wochen1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-66-30 Experten1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis