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| Criterion |  UX Research Surveys |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  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. | 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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3-14 Tage | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 50+ | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | QuantitativeResearchValidation | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |