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Paper illustration of a participant using a prototype while an observer takes notes beside a highlighted usability issue.
UX Research
Usability Testing
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.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
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h je Session30 min Setup, dann laufend60-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
Based on research question1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Usability Issues, Severity List, RecommendationsRAID Log, Status Report SourceAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
ValidationUXPrototype
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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