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| Criterion |  Growth Golden Circle |  Architecture C4 Model |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Operations Scatter Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | When the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 h | 1-4 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 1-5 | 3-8 | 1-4 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | Root causeQualityVisualization |