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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-61-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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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