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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | 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. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 15-90 min daily | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1 | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause |