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| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Goal |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments |