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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Communication 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. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | LeanStartupValidationMVP | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |