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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend20–45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneSmall cross-functional group2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRAID Log, Status Report SourceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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