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Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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AgileIterationCadence
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile