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| Criterion |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit. | 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 research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-2 h | 45–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause |
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