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Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Purposedifferent
When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.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 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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 hHalf day initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-103-10Ein Team plus Stakeholder1-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesTeam API DocumentArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
AutonomyRolesTeam
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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