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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Architecture Views and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 1-2 Tage | 60-120 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 1-4 | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |