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| Criterion |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | 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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 2-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment |
Tagsno overlap | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery |