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| Criterion |  Architecture arc42 |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture C4 Model |  UX Research Surveys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | 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 C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 1-4 h | 3-14 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-5 | 50+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | QuantitativeResearchValidation |