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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-43-7
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record