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| Criterion | ![]() Growth Golden Circle | ![]() Agile ROAM Board | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture 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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 60-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-15 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | ROAM Board, Owner List | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | MarketingPositioningCommunication | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |



