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Criterion	Facilitation Alignment Mapping	Architecture Software Architecture Canvas	Innovation Design Charrette	Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent	When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.	The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.	In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.	The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Low	Medium	Medium
Timedifferent	1-2 h	1-2 h	Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage	60-120 min
Participantsdifferent	4-12	3-10	10-50	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions	Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes	Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction	Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap	AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation	CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop	BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation	ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas

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