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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Engineering Kanban |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Ongoing | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | FlowVisual managementDelivery | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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