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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend8-15 min1-3 Tage1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-101-41-4
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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