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Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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.When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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)
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving