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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | 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. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-5 Tage | 1-2 h | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-8 | 3-10 | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |