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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Strategy Execution Loop with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Execution Loop
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
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.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning.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
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Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufendSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scopeInitial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneEvaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders5-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsExecution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning LogCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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