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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Purposedifferent
When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas