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Criterion
Paper illustration of a scoring table with four factor columns, a calculator and three ordered initiative cards.
Product Strategy
RICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-83-105-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption LogPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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