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Criterion
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1 h bis mehrere Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-4
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)