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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  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. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-15 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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