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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend4-5 Tage1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone5-81-4
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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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
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming