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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-60 min1-3 Tage15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
11-41-3
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS