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Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Purposedifferent
Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.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.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
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming