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Selected:ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)System Dynamics Simulation Architecture Communication Canvas

Criterion	Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)	Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation	Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas
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.	System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.	The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent	High	High	Medium
Timedifferent	Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope	Mehrere Tage bis Wochen	60-120 min
Participantsdifferent	Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders	1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	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	Simulation Model, Scenario Reports	Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders	Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis	ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas