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Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of VRIO Framework with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend90-180 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-61-3
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceVRIO Table, Strategic ActionsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond