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| Criterion |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Innovation Design Thinking |  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. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-3 h | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | InnovationPrototypeResearch | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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