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Criterion	UX Research User Interviews	Delivery Communication Plan	Architecture Software Architecture Canvas	Architecture Architecture Communication 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 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	Low	Low	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	30–60 min per interview	45-90 min	1-2 h	60-120 min
Participantsdifferent	1 participant per interview	2-6	3-10	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary	Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence	Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes	Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap	QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery	CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning	CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop	ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas

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