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Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-64-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas