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Selected:Software Architecture CanvasRequest for CommentsArchitecture Communication CanvasStakeholder Salience Model
| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-120 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-20 Reviewer | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |