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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-44-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleProblem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings
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DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
InnovationPrototypeResearch
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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
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)