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Criterion
Paper illustration of Working Backwards with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Working Backwards
A paper-based illustration representing C4 Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
C4 Model
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When the target state and benefit need to be clear first, it thinks backward from the desired outcome into the product logic. It sharpens vision, objections, and value proposition before elaboration.The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
4-8 h, mehrere Iterationen1-4 h45-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-51-62-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Future Press Release, FAQ, Vision StatementContext Diagram, Container Diagram, Component DiagramNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
VisionNarrativeAlignment
ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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