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Selected:Customer Journey MappingRAID LogFishbone DiagramATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | 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 a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 30-60 min | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-8 | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | 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 | JourneyServiceService design | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | Root causeQualityOperations | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders |