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Selected:ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)Property Graph Schema DesignLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Competency Questions
| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Property Graph Schema Design turns business and technical requirements into a robust graph schema. It fits when query patterns, constraints, and migrations need to be thought about together. | 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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-6 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | 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 | Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample Queries | Lean 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 checks | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |