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Selected:Eat the Frog ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Pareto Analysis

Criterion	Operations Eat the Frog	Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis	Decision Making Pareto Analysis
Purposedifferent	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.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.	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	Low	High	High	Low
Timedifferent	15-90 min daily	Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope	2-6 h	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	1	Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders	3-10	1-6
Formatdifferent	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	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	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions	Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List
Tagsno overlap	PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution	ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause	PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause

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