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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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 | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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