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Criterion
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope25-40 min60-90 min1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders1-53-8Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsLearning Card with evidence and next actionPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis BacklogClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
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ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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