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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-41-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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