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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
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.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 hMehrere Tage bis Wochen2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-62-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
Root causeSafetyIncident
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas