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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min je Interview15-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-125-12 Interviews1-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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