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Architecture

Architecture Communication Canvas

Turns architecture context, options, and consequences into a tangible result by clarifying the communication goal, collecting stakeholders and audiences, and deriving a communication plan.

Core question: Which architecture message reaches which target group in which format, so that decisions, acceptance, or implementation are supported?

CanvasMediumWorkshop + async
60-120 min
2-8

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Architecture

Views and Beyond

Turns architecture context, options, and outcomes into a tangible result by identifying stakeholders, selecting views, and validating completeness.

Core question: Which views address which stakeholders with which quality concern, and which cross-view information binds them into a consistent picture?

Planning toolMediumWorkshop + async
1-3 Tage
1-4

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Facilitation

Stakeholder Mapping

Turns options, selection, and decisions into a tangible result by listing stakeholders, assessing influence and interest, and planning next conversations.

Core question: Who is affected by the initiative, who influences success, and which relationship must be maintained with whom, at which frequency and message?

Mapping toolLowWorkshop + async
30-60 min
2-8

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Facilitation

Storytelling

Turns group contributions, selection, and decision-making into a tangible result by clarifying audience and goal, formulating the core message, and deriving a call to action.

Core question: Which narrative leads the defined target group from starting state to the reaction the message needs?

Facilitation methodMediumWorkshop + async
45-120 min
1-6

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Delivery

Communication Plan

Turns scope, sequencing, and delivery flow into a tangible result by listing stakeholders and audiences, clarifying information needs, and planning review and adaptation.

Core question: Which message reaches which audience through which channel in which cadence so the initiative is understood, accepted, and supported as planned?

Planning toolLowWorkshop + async
45-90 min
2-6

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Facilitation

Expectation Mapping

Turns group input, selection, and decision into a tangible result by clarifying stakeholders and scope, collecting expectations silently, and deriving agreements.

Core question: Which expectations do participants bring to outcome, collaboration, and behavior, where do they differ, and which agreements resolve the differences?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
45-90 min
3-12

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Facilitation

Alignment Mapping

Turns group input, selection, and decision into a tangible result by defining the alignment question, collecting stakeholder perspectives, and planning clarification steps.

Core question: Where do stakeholders align, where do they diverge, and what clarifications are needed before a decision can move forward?

Facilitation methodMediumWorkshop
1-2 h
4-12

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Systems Thinking

CATWOE Analysis

Turns relationships, patterns, and leverage points into a tangible result by describing the situation, identifying customers and actors, and deriving environmental boundaries and a root definition.

Core question: Which system definition fits the situation once customers, actors, transformation, worldview, owner, and environmental constraints are explicit?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop + async
45-90 min
3-8

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Delivery

RAID Log

Moves scope, sequence, and delivery flow toward a concrete result through "create a table for Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies", "carry over initial entries from discovery and kickoff", and "archive resolved items instead of deleting them".

Core question: Which risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies are currently open, who takes care of them, and which ones need movement or escalation now?

Planning toolLowAsync
30 min Setup, dann laufend
1-3 Pflege, Briefing für alle

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Facilitation

Power Interest Grid

Moves group input, selection, and decision toward a concrete result through "collect stakeholders individually and by group", "explain power and interest", and "derive a strategy for each quadrant".

Core question: Which stakeholders need which communication and relationship strategy, based on their power and interest in the initiative?

Mapping toolLowWorkshop
30-60 min
2-8

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Facilitation

Stakeholder Salience Model

Moves group input, selection, and decision toward a concrete result through "prepare the stakeholder list", "define power, legitimacy, and urgency", and "derive strategy by class".

Core question: Which stakeholders combine which combination of power, legitimacy and urgency, and which strategy follows for each of the eight classes?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop
60-90 min
3-6

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