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| Criterion |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 1-3 Tage | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-4 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | 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 | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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