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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Decision Making RAPID |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | DecisionRolesGovernance | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |