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Criterion
Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
MarketingPositioningCommunication
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
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