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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Team Design Team API |
|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Half day initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Team API Document |
Tags1 shared | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService |
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