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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min4-5 Tage15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-65-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)