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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Storytelling |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation |
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