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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage60-120 min1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic2-81-4
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record