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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.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.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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 h1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-83-104-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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