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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy Strategy Map | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas | ![]() Product Strategy OKRs |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results. | 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 1-2 h | 1-2 h Setup |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence |
Tags1 shared | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement |
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