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Selected:SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)Lean Canvas5-Minuten VC-CheckAssumption Mapping
| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 45-90 min | 5-15 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 1-6 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternatives | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StartupValidationCompetition | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |