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| Criterion |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |