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| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Architecture Risk Storming |  UX Research Surveys |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 60-90 min | 3-14 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 4-12 | 50+ |
Formatdifferent | 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 | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | QuantitativeResearchValidation |
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