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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Domain Modeling EventStorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | 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. | 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 a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop |



