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| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 1-3 Tage | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-4 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | 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 | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |