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Criterion
Paper illustration for DMAIC.
Operations
DMAIC
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
For a process problem with fluctuating performance, the method brings analysis and improvement into a disciplined sequence. It creates a framework in which numbers, causes, and control come together.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
2-12 Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend60-90 minSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
3-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-6Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Project Charter, Measurement Plan, Cause Analysis, Control PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap
Continuous improvementQualityProcess improvement
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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