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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.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.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 TageSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope60-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
15-200Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders3-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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