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Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-3 Tage1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-121-44-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping