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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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 Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-2 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-123-103-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping