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Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-4 pro Pitch2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)