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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | 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. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-90 min | 2-4 h | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-12 | 5-15 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |