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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h20–45 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-8Small cross-functional group2-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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