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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-2 h | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 3-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tags1 shared | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |