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Criterion
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Purposedifferent
When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.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.When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage Setup, laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksRAID Log, Status Report SourceCynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)