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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Innovation Starbursting |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | 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 | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |