Sharpens product goal, target group needs, core features, and assumptions into a shared working picture.
Core question: Which product outcome, for whom, and with which smallest useful scope?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
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UX DesignCategory: UX Design. Describes the method's domain of use.
Arranges phases, touchpoints, pain points, and opportunities along a journey to name experience gaps.
Core question: What does the customer do, think, and feel across this journey?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
3-10
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Product DiscoveryCategory: Product Discovery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Bundles context, stakeholders, goals, and open questions into a canvas that clarifies the shared situation and next steps.
Core question: What external forces and internal capabilities shape this business model?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
3-10
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ArchitectureCategory: Architecture. Describes the method's domain of use.
Bundles problem, goals, stakeholders, and risks into a starting picture that sorts early architecture questions.
Core question: Which goals, constraints and testable architecture hypotheses shape the new system?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
3-8
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ArchitectureCategory: Architecture. Describes the method's domain of use.
Prepares stakeholders, core messages, and artifacts so architecture communication connects deliberately.
Core question: What system information must these recipients understand, examine or communicate onward?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
60-120 min
2-8
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ArchitectureCategory: Architecture. Describes the method's domain of use.
Gathers system goals, constraints, and building blocks into a compact view for early architecture decisions.
Core question: Which business and functional context bounds the solution space, and which architecture hypotheses must be tested?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
3-10
Details
Product StrategyCategory: Product Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Vision, target group, needs, value, and business goals fit onto one board that exposes assumptions for validation.
Core question: What positive change should the product create for whom, and how does it support the business?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-2 h
2-8
Details
UX DesignCategory: UX Design. Describes the method's domain of use.
Aligns business problem, users, outcomes, solution ideas, hypotheses, and experiments on one lightweight canvas.
Core question: Which assumption must hold for a solution to move user and business outcomes, and how will we learn?
CanvasMethod form: Canvas. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.