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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception 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.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend60-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-6Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceTeam API DocumentCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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