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Selected:Architecture Inception CanvasOutcome-Driven InnovationSoftware Architecture CanvasConsensus Workshop
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |



