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Criterion	Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis	Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent	The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.	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.	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	Low	High	High
Timedifferent	5-15 min	2-6 h	Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent	1-5	3-10	Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions	Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap	StartupValidationCompetition	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause	ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders