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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Map |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Product Strategy OKRs |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h workshop plus review | 1-2 h | 1-2 h Setup | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-20 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | OKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tags1 shared | AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |