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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h20-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)