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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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C4 Model
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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