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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 2-4 h | 45–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-15 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause |
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