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Selected:Views and BeyondArchitecture Inception CanvasStakeholder Salience ModelArchitecture Decision Record
| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-2 h | 60-90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |