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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() UX Design Service Blueprinting | ![]() Architecture Views and Beyond | ![]() Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-3 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |



