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Criterion
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-63-153-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceROAM Board, Owner ListArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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