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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
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.When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.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
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model