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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 4-12 | 5-15 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |