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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-41-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
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DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid