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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Purposedifferent
When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend20-45 min1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder1-81-4
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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Architecture Communication Canvas
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