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Selected:Product Vision BoardSoftware Architecture CanvasArchitecture Decision RecordAlignment Mapping
| Criterion |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-2 h | 15-45 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |