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Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Purposedifferent
When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min1-4 Wochen1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
1-66-30 Experten3-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
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CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model