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| Criterion |  UX Research User Interviews |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Architecture C4 Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30–60 min per interview | 60-120 min | 2-3 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 participant per interview | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram |
Tagsno overlap | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization |