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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
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
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend1-3 h60-120 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
11-82-81-3
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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