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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |