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Criterion
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope1-3 h3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders1-51 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsFunnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypothesesLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checksExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
AnalyticsConversionGrowth
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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