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Selected:Design ThinkingArchitecture Inception CanvasOutcome-Driven InnovationSoftware Architecture Canvas
| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |