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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture C4 Model |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | 1-4 h | 60-180 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 1-5 | 4-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |