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A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Purposedifferent
When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
4-5 Tage1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-84-124-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas