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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Communication 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |