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| Criterion |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Architecture C4 Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 60-120 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization |