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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Inception Canvas
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping