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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Purposedifferent
It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-63-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationFocusTasks
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping