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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Purposedifferent
PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
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StrategyMarketAnalysis
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping