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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Pretotyping | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationDemandMVP | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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