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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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