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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-85-30
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
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RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram