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Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-102-61-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
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Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis