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| Criterion |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | SensemakingDecisionRationale |