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Selected:Lean UX CanvasArchitecture Inception CanvasAlignment MappingArchitecture Communication Canvas
| Criterion |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-3 h | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |