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A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
20–45 min45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group3-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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)