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Criterion
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min Setup, danach laufend1-4 Wochen1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-86-30 Experten1-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
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Architecture Communication Canvas
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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Cost of Delay