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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping | ![]() Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-90 min | 1-2 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 1-8 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeMappingRisk | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |



