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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsPolarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping