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Selected:SurveysOutcome-Driven InnovationSoftware Architecture CanvasArchitecture Communication Canvas
| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Communication 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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | Mehrere Wochen | 1-2 h | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |