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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 1-2 h | 45-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |