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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Purposedifferent
Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-81-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid