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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  UX Design Lean UX 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | 2-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment |
Tagsno overlap | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery |
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