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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
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.For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.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
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage2-6 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-43-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RiskRoot causeSafety
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas