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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  UX Research Surveys |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 3-14 Tage | 4-5 Tage | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 50+ | 5-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | QuantitativeResearchValidation | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |