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UX Design
Design Studio
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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 group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
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1-3 h1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-105-30
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
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Innovation
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1-2-4-All
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