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Selected:Risk StormingTrade-off AnalysisArchitecture Communication CanvasSoftware Architecture Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45-120 min | 60-120 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |