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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
3-103-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas