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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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