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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() UX Design Service Blueprinting | ![]() Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas | ![]() Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit. | 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. | 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 | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 6-12 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |



