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Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-101-4
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)