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Selected:Views and BeyondSoftware Architecture CanvasStakeholder Salience ModelArchitecture Decision Record
| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture Software Architecture 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 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. | 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 | 3-10 | 3-6 | 1-3 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance |