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| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |  Delivery RAID Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-10 | 3-6 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | 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 | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | RAID Log, Status Report Source |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance |