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Criterion
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Purposedifferent
When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage2-4 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Internes Team5-151-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
Tagsno overlap
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Empathy Mapping
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Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
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Risk Storming