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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Architecture Architecture Inception 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. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | 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 | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-20 Reviewer | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | ICE Table, Top Idea List | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |