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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-42-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleICE Table, Top Idea ListArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)