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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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 only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation