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| Criterion | ![]() Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() Delivery RAID Log | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | FailureResilienceRisk | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |



