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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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 Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |