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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-121-4
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)