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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-4 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-201-52-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model