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| Criterion | ![]() Growth Golden Circle | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas | ![]() Agile ROAM Board | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement. | 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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 3-15 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | ROAM Board, Owner List | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |



