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Criterion
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-32-81-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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