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Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-120 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
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Views and Beyond
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)