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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min1-3 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group1-42-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing