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| Criterion |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 Tage | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-4 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |