Activity 21Architecture Haiku

Figure out what matters in your architecture by creating a bite-sized summary stakeholders will actually use. An architecture haiku describes a view of the architecture using only a single piece of paper. The architecture haiku was originally proposed by George Fairbanks.[44]

Benefits

  • Think through and articulate the essential parts of the architecture.

  • Produce an artifact that is easily consumed by readers. The end result is almost like a flier advertising the best parts of the architecture.

  • Create a frame of reference for other documentation.

Description

Architecture haikus can be recorded as a slide, an image, or text. The format is less important as the focus and brevity. No matter how you record it, an architecture ...

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