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Selected:Outcome-Driven InnovationATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)Argument MappingRed Teaming
| Criterion |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Decision Making Red Teaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Mehrere Wochen | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 1-3 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 researchers plus sample | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 1-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | SensemakingDecisionRationale | RiskDecisionSensemaking |