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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-90 min | 60–90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |