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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend45-90 min15-45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
12-61-32-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceADR File, Decision Log, RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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