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Criterion
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30–60 min per interview45-90 min60-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 participant per interview2-62-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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