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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min15-30 min Planung, laufend15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1211-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
PlanningTime managementFocus
PrioritizationFocusTasks
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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)