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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Facilitation Storytelling |  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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-120 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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