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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 2-8 h | 2-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery |