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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
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend30–60 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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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
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming