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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|
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 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | StartupValidationCompetition |
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