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Selected:Architecture Decision RecordOutcome-Driven InnovationArchitecture Communication CanvasViews and Beyond
| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Architecture Views and Beyond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | Mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min | 1-3 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 2-8 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture |