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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Purposedifferent
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.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 Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h30 min Setup, dann laufend60-120 min1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-81-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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