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Selected:Fault IsolationSAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)VRIO FrameworkARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 90-180 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternatives | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |