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Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
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
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10Ein Team plus Stakeholder1-42-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsTeam API DocumentArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
AutonomyRolesTeam
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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