Makes system, container, and building blocks legible in graduated views, easing architecture communication.
Core question: Which diagrams let each audience understand the software architecture?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-4 h
1-5
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UX DesignCategory: UX Design. Describes the method's domain of use.
Links scenes, context, and annotations into a testable flow that makes concept ideas discussable early.
Core question: Which situations, actions, and transitions shape this specific user flow or proposed experience?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-90 min
1-8
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Makes an unclear problem situation visible with actors, tensions, and flows before premature solutions emerge.
Core question: Which elements and differing perspectives shape the situation before we impose a premature structure?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-90 min
2-10
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Paired data points reveal whether two variables move together and where a suspected relationship needs deeper proof.
Core question: What pattern exists between X and Y, and which observations or groups need explanation?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.