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Selected:Software Architecture CanvasOutcome-Driven InnovationConsensus WorkshopArchitecture Inception Canvas
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 5-30 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |



