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How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-102-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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