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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 5-15 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |