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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 2-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 15-200 | 5-15 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |