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Selected:Design Thinkingarc42ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Communication Canvas
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
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Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 Tage2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-4Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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InnovationPrototypeResearch
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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